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Debate Over Burial Law Opens Churchyard Rights
Lawmakers clash as Salford proposes expanding rural graveyards to ease burial space. Speakers argue over Dissenters burial rights, churchyard access, and the need to allow nonconformist ministers to conduct services in parish burial grounds. Public sentiment emphasizes conscience, unity, and the legal precedent on parochial burial.
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Salford
Cawley
Storrorp-Sackeville
Church of England
Henry Ricuard
University of Oxford
Lancashire
Boston
University of Cambridge
Denbighshire
John Bunyan
Robert Hall
John Foster
Dra. Carey
Marshman
India
W. Carr
Barning
Gibson
London
England
Principality of Wales
North Wales
Carnarvonshire
Bangor
Anglesea
Montgomeryshire
South Wales
Cardigan
Wales
Mr. Berestorp-Hors
East Surrey
St. David
Ritual Commission
Eleazer Joneses